OTA, Fumio

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  • Position:
    Adjunct Professor
  • Degree:
    Ph.D. International Relations, Johns Hopkins SAIS
  Specialty:
  Security, Crisis Managements
• Current Research Interests:
  Chinese Maritime Expansion and Japanese Response
• Professional Career:
  

  1970	Graduated from the National Defense Academy of Japan
  1980	Exchange Instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy
  1987	Commanding Officer of JDS YUGUMO
  1992	Visiting Fellow at Stanford University
  1994	M.S., National Resource Strategy, U.S. National Defense University
  1995	M.A., International Public Policy, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
  1996	Defense Attache at the Japanese Embassy in the U.S.
  2001	Director of the Defense Intelligence Headquarters
  2003	Ph.D., International Relations, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
  2005	Professor & Director of the Center for National Security and Crisis Management Education, National Defense Academy of Japan
  2005	Retired as Vice Admiral
  2006	Adjunct Professor, GRIPS
  2009	Director of the International Exchange Program, NDA of Japan

• Selected publications:
  �gIntelligence and National Strategy�h (in Japanese) Fuyoshobo Shuppan 2005
  
  �gThe US-Japan Alliance in the 21st Century�h Global Oriental 2006
  
  �gIntelligence and International Situation Analysis�h (in Japanese) Fuyoshobo Shuppan 2007
  
  �gAre Japanese ignorant of Strategy and Intelligence?�h (in Japanese) Fuyoshobo Shuppan 2008
  
  �gThe United States as an Ally�h (in Japanese) Fuyoshobo Shuppan 2009
  
  �gCrisis Managements in Theory and Practice�h (in Japanese) -Co-authored- Fuyoshobo Shuppan 2010
  
• Social contributions and awards:
  Awarded two legion of merits from the U.S. military when serving as a Self-defense Official
• Other notable activities and achievements:
  �EKendo Seventh Grade Instructor
  �EFirst Class Player of Snow Skiing
  �EJapan Swimming Federation Senior Class Instructor